LIST OF VERBS TO AND ING

MEMBER:

LINA GERALDINE GOMEZ PEDRAZA 20171578038

TEACHER:

ORLEY CRUZ ARCILA

TECHNOLOGY IN DATA SYSTEMATIZATION

TECHNOLOGICAL FACULTY

UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FRANCISCO JOSÉ OF CALDAS

BOGOTÁ

2019
1. Some verbs are followed by infinitive with TO:

VERB EXAMPLES
Afford  She can’t afford to buy a new computer at the
moment so she’s borrowed an old one from me.
 You can afford to open the restaurant for one
night.

Agree  They agreed to give him a try

 She agreed to marry me.
Decide  I’ve decided to move out of the city
 We’ll decide on the wedding only if you like him.
 We got 20 seconds to decide about the rest of
life.
Forget  Don’t forget to lock the door when you leave!
 Don’t forget your fiddle when you come to our
wedding.
Help  She needs profesional help, the care of a good
doctor.
 Julia is a good cop and she needs your help
Learn  Jerry learns to speak english with his aunt who
lives in London.
 The child learns how to read during school
Need  Do you need to go to the bank? There’s one
there
 The first thing you need is a place to live.
Promise  They promised to come to the party
 She promised to take us with her next time.
Seem  He seems to like his new school.
 It seems to be broken
Want  He doesn’t want to go to his piano class.
 I want to speak with you in private
Would like  I would like to add something before we continue
 I’d really like to visit Andalucia.
Yearn  She yearns to go free
 Five years ago I go yearned to live the life that I
am living now
Wish  I wish to change my address
Wait  The runners were waiting to start
 Bowling is fun but the wait to get a lane is
unbearable
Threaten  He has threatened to hurt us.
Tend  These plants tend to grow slowly
 She tends to complau¿in about everything
Swear  He swore to take revenge
 As a witness, you swore to tell the truth
Refuse  I refuse to cooperate
  I’m sorry, but I have to refuse the invitation to
your wedding
Plan  You planned to mee tus here
 I planned to go to some real italian restaurants
Hope  I hope to see you son
Get  It’s not fair that she gets to see him before the
others
 Don’t forget to get milk when you go to the
grocery store

2. Some verbs are followed by gerund ING:

VERB EXAMPLE
Enjoy  I enjoy going to the cinema
 Sarah enjoys singing
Finish  I finished studying and then went
to the pub.
 I finished painting my bedroom
Imagine  Can you imagine living in that
palace?
 Imagine not having pizza! I eat it
all the time
Mind  Do you mind helping me with
this bag?
 I don’t mind not going to the
beach today , we can go
tomorrow
Spend  She spends a lot of mine
uploading photos to the internet
 Thanks for letting me spenda day
in your home
Suggest  She suggests going to be dan
hour earlier
 He suggested my going to
Glastonbury
Avoid  If i were you, I’d avoid going that
way- there’s loads of a traffic!
 Let’s avoid being late
Can’t help  I can’t help counting those
calories
Forgive  Can you forgive me for not fixing
the car?
 You’’l have to forgive my
husband, he’s been drinking
since…
Keep  She keeps coming late!
 But you can’t keep doing this to
that por family
Mention  I never mentioned meeting him
  Karol didn’t mention you were
coming for a visit.
Miss  i miss chatting with you
 don’t you miss living in England?
Postpone  let’s postpone going out of town
 that is why you are going to
postpone your job
Resist  i can’t resist liking him
 the working class is forced to rise
up and resist
Resume  they resumed talking afeter the
teacher left
Understand  he couldn’t understand her
leaving so suddenly
 i hear what you are saying and I
understand
Risk  would you risk losing everything?
 There is a risk of flooding
toninght

3. EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANTS

Verbs that speak of likes and dislikes can be followed by both a gerund and an
infinitive, although the meaning varies slightly:

VERBS EXAMPLES
Go I like going to the cinema I like to go to the cinema
whenever I can emjoy it once a month it is an
important habit for me
Eat I love eating sushi I am I love to eat sushi with a
passionate about this type nice cold beer
of food
Begin I began singing I began to sing
Bother Don’t bother coming to the Don’t bother to come to
party if you don’t want to the party if you don’t want
to
Continue He continued working hard He continued to work hard
and passed the course and passed the course
Prefer I prefer eating earlier in the I prefer to eat earlier in the
day day
Start I’ll start studying nearer I’ll start to study nearer the
the exam exam
Wait Don’t bother waiting for Don’t bother to wait for
me me
Read I love reading long novels I love to read long novels